Personal

• Date of Birth: 16 October 1966(Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal)

Education

• Matric: Bechet High School, Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal
• BA LLB (1992) University of Durban, Westville
• Completed Attorney’s Practice and Procedure Examination University of Natal

Professional History:

• Trainee/Underwriter; Claims Clerk Fedlife: 1987-1988
• Junior Banker; First National Bank: 1990-1991
• Public Prosecutor; Administration liaison, Prosecution and determination of legal arguments. District court/Control, Inquest Prosecutor, Maintenance Prosecutor, Regional Court
• Magistrate Criminal Court, Family Court, Civil Court: 1998-2004 Johannesburg Magistrate Court/ Mitchells
• Acting Senior Magistrate; Overseeing and managing the criminal courts, Liaison with the Senior Public Prosecutor, Liaison with Public with regards to complaints, Mentoring ofMagistrates: 2000-2001 Mitchells Plein Magistrates’ Court
• Regional Magistrate; Tembisa Magistrate’s Court: 2004-2008
• Acting Judge; High Court, Gauteng Division, Johannesburg: 2008
• Judge; High Court Gauteng Local Division: 2009
• Acting Judge; Land Claims, Randburg: 2009 to date
• Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal, Bloemfontein: October 2018 - March 2019
• Acting Deputy Judge President, Gauteng Division, Johannesburg June 2020 - November 2020
• Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal, Bloemfontein: December 2020 – May 2021; 1 June 2021 - 30 June 2021
• Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Appeal: July 2021 - 2024
• Appointed to the Land Court as Judge President

Publications, Awards, Honours and Other Activities

• Member of IAWJ- First Provincial Rep/Gauteng: Inception 2004 – to date
• Member of the CMJA gender committee: 2000
• JOASA – Provincial member/ secretariat: 2006
• Restitution – Florence v Government of the Republic of South Africa (CCT 127/13) [2014] ZACC 22;2014
• Merit Award for Negotiable instruments and Insurance 1992
• Distinction Labour Law 1992
• Merit Award Intensive Social Context Course 2002
• Achieved First Place in Moot Court Competition at University of Durban, Westville- Final year LLB 1992
• Represented University of Durban, Westville at International Moot Court Harare 1992
• Dux of School/ Head Prefect
• Advocacy training

Specialized and Allied Training Courses

• Administrative Justice and Access to Information Justice College
• Equality Court Training
• Social Context Training Intensive program – Law Race and Gender
• Domestic Violence Training
• Gender Workshop
• Computer practice
• Bridging Course Justice College
• Aspirant Judges Training 2008- continuous Judges’ training in house and SAJEI

Synopsis

• Current position(Since Nov 2024) : Deputy Judge President, Land Court(Judge, High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division)
• Jan 2021 : Judge, High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division(Judge, Land Claims Court (seconded))
• Jan 2001 – Dec 2021 : Advocate of the High Court of South Africa
• July 2018 : Conferment of status as senior counsel
• Aug 1999 – Dec 2000 : Law Researcher to then President of the Constitutional Court, Justice Arthur Chaskalson
• Sept 1997 – July 1999 : Oxford University, BCL degree
• 1995 – 1997 :Legal research and advocacy, Human Rights Committee
• 1990 - 1994 :University of Cape Town, BA and LLB degrees
• 1998 : Matriculated, Westerford High School

Judicial career

• Current position(Since Nov 2024) : Appointed as Deputy Judge President, Land Court on the recommendation of the Judicial Services Commission
• 1 January 2022: Appointed as Judge of Gauteng High Court and seconded to Land Claims Court on the recommendation of the Judicial Services Commission
• 1 January 2022 to Present : Served as Judge in Land Claims Court, Served as Judge in the High Court, Gauteng (Pretoria and Johannesburg) for approximately two weeks per term by arrangement between the respective Judges President
• Nov 2018-Dec 2021 :Served as an Acting Judge for a total period of approximately 57 weeks.In the Land Claims Court (approx 41 weeks) and in the Johannesburg and Pretoria High Court (approx 16 weeks)

Other contributions

• Presented paper on Cattle, Grazing and Land Reform under ESTA and the Labour Tenants Act at PABASA training program on land court advocacy, 2022.
• Speaker on Prison Inspections: Conference of Magistrates, Gauteng, 2023.
• Panelist Regional Conference, Prison inspections, June 2023
• Led prison inspection team (with Magistrates), Johannesburg Management Area, September 2023 to pilot an inspections team model – Correctional Services Act
• Member of Gauteng Division Committee on Judicial Independence considering governance models 2023.
• Speaker, Thulamela Chambers Judges’ panel, 2023

Education

• Matriculated: 1988 Westerford High School, Cape Town (A aggregate)
• LLB : University of Cape Town 1993-4 (Deans Merit List 1993, 1994)
• Leadership and offices held:
  • Leadership and offices held: President, Law Student’s Council (1994) and member (1993); Member of Law Faculty Board (1994); Member of Legal Aid Advisory Board, Member of Law Faculty Curriculum Subcommittee (1993&1994); Law Students’ Vacation Placement Programme Committee (initiated and implemented) (1993&1994)
  • Other: Legal Aid Advisor, Elsies River Clinic (1992-1994);
  • Law Students Women’s Movement (1993-4)
  • Oxford University, Brasenose College, 1997-1999 (Ist Class)
• BCL
  • Dissertation: The infusion of human rights in the law of illegally obtained evidence: a comparative analysis. Supervised by Prof Colin Tapper, Magdelan College. Masters’ coursework: Evidence, Comparative Public Law, Criminology, European Business Regulation
  • Awarded: Harry Crossley Bursary and Wilfred and Jules Kramer Scholarship
  • Other: Delivered paper on Women in South African Prisons, Amnesty International Conference, London, 1998.
  • * BCL stands for Bachelor of Civil Law. It is a two-year post-graduate Degree (akin to a Masters’ degree)

Employment prior to commencing legal practice in 2001

• March 1995 to Sept 1997 :Human Rights Committee: Legislative monitoring and advocacy project. Co-founded the Parliamentary Monitoring Group (with Black Sash and Idasa) set up to promote public access to parliamentary information.
• Aug 1999 to Dec 2000: Law Researcher and Clerk to then President of the Constitutional Court, Arthur Chaskalson, later Chief Justice.

Personal

• Surname:Ncube
• First Name: Muzikawakhelwana Thomas
• Gender: Male
• Nationality: South African

Educational Qualifications: Tertiary Qualifications

• First Degree Obtained: B. Juris
• Year Obtained: 1983
• Institution: University of Zululand
• Second Degree Obtained: LLB
• Year Obtained: 1997
• Institution: University of Zululand
• Third Degree Obtained: LLM
• Year Obtained: 2003
• Institution: University of KwaZulu Natal
• Diploma obtained: Post Graduate Diploma
• Year Obtained: 2000
• Institution: University of KwaZulu Natal

Current Position Held

• Current Position:Judge of the High Court, KwaZulu-Natal Division, Pietermaritzburg, Seconded to the Land Claims/ Land Court
• Date of Appointment: 01 January 2024

Carrer Highlights: Leadership Positions

• Deputy Head of Court: My first appointment as a Magistrate was on 01 June 1986 whilst I was at MBUMBULU COURT. In April 1990, I was transferred to SIMDLANGENTSHA ( PONGOLO) as a Deputy Head of Court or a Second In Command. I was assisting the Head of Court Mr Els with general administration of the court. I was in charge of staff members. We had 25 workers to manage. Above all, I was in charge of Judicial Administration. I was also assigned by the Head of Court to liase with AMAKHOSI of SIMDLANGENTSHA which comprised of five TRIBAL AUTHORITIES, which were SIBIYA, NTSHANGASE, MAVUSO,MSIBI and SIMELANE.
• Head of Court: I worked as Head of Court at Vulindlela Magistrate’s Office in Pietermaritzburg for six (6) years. That time, as Head of Court I was in control of all other sections as we were still doing agency functions. I had under my command a staff complement of twenty seven (27) clerks, 2 magistrates and 1 prosecutor. Apart from Office Administration, I was also responsible for the District Administration, where I was in charge of five (5) Tribal Authorities under Amakhosi of Vulindlela. Those were Mafunze, Mpumuza, Ximba, Nadi and Nxamalala. I performed advisory duties to the Amakhosi at their Regional Authority Meetings.
• Acting Head of Hlanganani Area-Cluster: For a period of twelve months I acted as Head of Hlanganani Area-Cluster. That Area Cluster comprised of six Courts. Those were VULINDLELA, HLANGANANI, HIMEVILLE , IMPENDLE, HORWIC AND MOOI RIVER, with seven Magistrates under my command. As a Head of a sub-cluster, I was responsible for court and case flow management as well as quality assurance in those six courts in the sub-cluster.
• Acting head of umlazi area-cluster: As things were not going well at the Umlazi Area -Cluster, the Chief Magistrate Mr Mabaso, nominated me to go to Umlazi Court and work from there, fixing few things concerning judicial administration. That was a post of a Senior Magistrate. I was not a Senior Magistrate by then, but because of my capability in judicial administration, the Chief Magistrate trusted me with that -position. I was then in charge of the whole Area – Cluster. That Area-Cluster comprised of seven courts. Those courts were: UMLAZI, SCOTTBURGH, UMBUMBULU, CHARTSWORTH, RICHMOND, UMZUMBE and VULAMEHLO
• Judicial Administration at Verulam Magistrate Court: When I returned from UMLAZI COURT, the Chief Magistrate assigned me to VERULAM MAGISTRATE COURT to fix problems in that court. The Chief Magistrate had formed a committee to conduct investigations at that court to see if everything was going well with the courts there. The committee, under the Chairmanship of Mr Khallil, identified many shortcomings in that court. The Chief Magistrate then sent me to go and fix those short comings. On my arrival I worked on the collation of judicial statistics, I implemented the correct way of compiling the case flow reports, equal distribution of cases to all magistrates and the control of case flow management meetings.
• Acting Chief Magistrate and Judicial Head of Administrative Region 6: On several occasions, when the Chief Magistrate was not available, I acted as a chief Magistrate for the district of DURBAN. As an Acting Chief Magistrate, I also performed the duties of the Judicial Administrative Head for Region 6, KwaZulu- Natal which comprises of 32 magisterial districts. The duties of the Judicial Administrative Head involve among other things, court and case flow management, quality assurance, drafting of Judicial Circulars and Notices and dissemination thereof to all courts in the Region, attending to correspondence, etc.
• Acting regional magistrate: I have acted in various courts as a Regional Magistrate in the KwaZulu- Natal Region. To name but a few, I have performed duties in Durban, Pinetown, Stanger, Maphumulo and Pietermaritzburg. In 2004 I assisted in the Regional Court Stanger where I dramatically reduced the outstanding court rolls by being firm in refusing unnecessary postponements and refusing postponement of cases where witnesses are present in court without taking evidence of at least one of the witnesses present.
• Permanent appointment as Regional Magistrate:i was appointed as a permanent Regional Magistrate with effect from 04 November 2013. I attended a Regional criminal course from 04 to 22 November 2013. I attended the Regional civil course from 01 to 06 December 2013. I was stationed at Kwa-Dukuza Regional Court STANGER . There were two Regional Courts at Stanger. I was in charge of those courts. I was responsible for the case flow management of the Regional Courts and I distributed cases amongst the two courts.
• Acting Judge-Land Claims Court: I acted as a Judge of the Land Claims court on several occasions. I worked in that court on different court terms. I started acting in the Land Claims Court in 2006, I continued 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014 and 2016. From 2016 I acted in the LAND CLAIMS COURT continuously for five years until my permanent appointment in 2021.
  Whilst I was acting in the Land Claims Court, I also performed duties as an Acting Judge in Durban and Pietermaritzburg High Courts . I am currently holding a permanent concurrent appointment as a Judge of the KwaZulu-Natal Division, Pietermaritzburg and Land Court.
• KwaZulu- Natal Division Of The High Court: I worked as an Acting Judge of the KwaZulu-Natal Division of the High Court during the following Terms:
  • (16 November 2009 to 13 December 2009)
  • (05 March 2012 to 01 April 2012)
  • (03 September 2012 to 30 September 2012)
  • (19 November 2012 to 16 December 2012)
  • (04 March 2013 to 14 April 2013)
  • (29 April 2013 to 02 June 2013 )
  • (02 September 2013 to 29 September 2013 )
  As from 2017 I was doing both the Land Claims Court and the High Court in Durban.
• Appointment as a Permanent Judge: For a period of five years which is the 1st of October 2016 till 31st of December 2021 I acted continuously as a Judge at the land claims court. I was appointed as permanent judge with effect from 1st of January 2022 to date. I’m appointed as a Judge of the KwaZulu-Natal division of the High Court seconded to the Lands Claim Court.
• Part-Time Lecturing Duties:I worked as a part –time lecturer at the Emlazi Campus of The University of Zululand for about five (5) years, lecturing in the following subjects:
  • Law of Human Rights
  • Law of Criminal procedure
  • Constitutional Law
  • Legal Philosophy
  • Family Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Law of Persons
  • Indigenous Law

Employment History

• I Joined the Department of Justice on 01 March 1982 as Court Interpreter in criminal cases at Umbumbulu Magistrate Court.
• In September 1982 I was posted as a Clerk of criminal court. Basically my duties included receipt of bail monies, admission of guilt fines and court fines in respect of sentenced prisoners. I was also responsible for the safekeeping of Liberation Warrants. Insofar as Liberation Warrants are concerned, it was also my duty to confirm with prison authorities if a prisoner was to be released in terms of a Warrant of Liberation.
• From October 1983 to December 1984, I was appointed as Public Prosecutor to conduct prosecution in criminal trials. I was also responsible for the writing of précis which is a summary of evidence in the docket. This summary was compiled for the benefit of the Attorney General in murder cases.
• From January 1985, I was posted as a Senior Public Prosecutor at the same Umbumbulu Magistrate’s Court. At that time my duty was to supervise and control all Prosecutors at the office and give them advice ion complex cases. I also read docket which were brought in for decision and sometimes distribute those dockets equally to respective prosecutors if I decided to prosecute. It was my duty to bind inquest documents and submit the same to respective magistrates.
• I June 1986, I was appointed as a magistrate at the same Magistrate’s Office trying cases.
• In June 1990, I was transferred to Simdlangentsha Magistrate’s Court as an Assistant Head of Court. In that office I continued with my duties in criminal court in Pongola. I was also in control of staff as I was the second in charge to the Head of Court. I was also responsible for the checking of financial transaction such as bail, fines, admission of guilt fines, deferred fines, revenues, estate payments and maintenance monies
• In April 1991, I was transferred to the office of the Magistrate, Vulindlela in Pietermaritzburg where I also served as a second in charge.
• I February 1993, I was elevated to the post of the Head of Office at the Vulindlela Magistrate’s Court. My duties amongst others: included the administration of the district and general management of the office.
• I have remained in the Department of Justice for forty ( 40 ) years and out of that  forty years, I have been a Magistrate for thirty six ( 36 ) years.
• I am presently alone in Durban running the LAND COURT  from that Province, dealing with all LAND COURT cases from that Province and quite a substantial number of cases dealt with in the LAND COURT come from that Province.

Personal

• Date of Birth: November 1977 (Mqwangqweni Village, Flagstaff, Eastern Cape)

Children:

• One child

Education:

• Matric: Langa High School, Flagstaff

• B Proc (2000) University of Transkei (now Walter Sisulu University)

• LLM (2005) University of South Africa

• Advanced Certificate in Dispute Resolution (2010) University of Pretoria

Professional History:

• Junior Attorney, Burman Katz Attorneys, Port Elizabeth: January 2002 - March 2003
• Law Researcher, Mthatha High Court: 2003 - 2006
• Assistant State Attorney and Conveyancer, Johannesburg: 2006 - 2009
• Senior Assistant State Attorney, Johannesburg: 2009 - 2015 June
• Founder and Director, Flatela Attorneys Incorporated: 2015 - 30 November 2022
• Acting Judge, High Court, Eastern Cape Division: April 2021 - May 2021
• Acting Judge, Land Claims and High Court, Gauteng Division: 19 July 2021 - 31 January 2022
• Acting Judge, High Court, Gauteng Local Division: October 2021 - December 2021
• Acting Judge, High Court, Gauteng Local Division: October 2022 - November 2022
• Judge, High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division, seconded to the Land Court of South Africa: 1 December 2022 - Present

Brief Biography

Judge Flatela, a daughter of the soil, was born and bred in the Mqwangqweni village in the Eastern Mpondoland area. She obtained her first law degree from the former University of Transkei in 2000; it was at the University that she showed leadership attributes. As a university student, she was in the leadership of student structures, from academic structures to student community organizations. In 1998, in her third year of study, Flatela was selected to represent the then University of Transkei in the All African Human Rights Moot Court competition, which was hosted at Eduardo Mondlane University in Moçambique, where she represented the University well. In 1999, she was also selected to represent the University in Ivory Coast. After negotiating with Faculty leadership, Flatela gave that opportunity to a fellow student who was equally competent to represent the University. It was during her university days that Flatela showed her interest in human rights, constitutional law and public interest. It was clear that she would be a force to be reckoned with in the legal profession. It is no surprise that she was the first to be elevated to the bench from the BProc class of 1996.

Flatela J began her legal career as an attorney and conveyancer of the High Court of South Africa, admitted as such in 2001 and 2002, respectively. In 2003, she took the opportunity of a lifetime when she applied for the position of Legal Researcher for Judges, although the position only required legal qualification. Early in her career, Flatela had an interest in becoming a judge, and starting with the end in mind, she decided to sit at the feet of judges, conducting legal research for judges very early in her career. The experience gained at Mthatha High Court set her apart as a strategic and tactical litigator. She joined the State Attorney in 2006 and continued to work there until 2015. As an attorney, she handled highly complex and emotive land restitution cases, housing rights and eviction cases, medical negligence, administrative and constitutional law cases. These cases involve balancing the competing rights of litigants. Her commitment to public service led her to establish her firm, where she provided legal counsel on cases involving educational rights and land rights and offered pro bono services to vulnerable groups, including children, students, political prisoners, and indigent community members. Flatela was greatly influenced by Justice Mokgoro’s infusion of Ubuntu in her judgments.

Her legal career reflects a steadfast commitment to justice and Ubuntu, a prized value that has guided her. Adept at bridging the needs of diverse stakeholders, such as Land Claimants and Land Owners, Students and University Management, Workers and Employers, the government and the people. As a qualified Mediator, Flatela uses Ubuntu to facilitate meaningful dialogues. This value, as Mokgoro J observes, has also been viewed as a basis for morality of cooperation, compassion, dignity, communalism and concern for the collective respect for dignity and personhood, all the time emphasizing the virtues of that dignity in social relations and practices”.

Personal

• Full name: Wilhelmina Jacoba du Plessis
• Nationality: South African
• Date of Birth: 1 September 1979
• Languages: Afrikaans, English, German

Education and Career Development

• Acting judge in the Land Court Term 2, 2025
• Extraordinary professor | 2025 – currently | University of Pretoria
• Judge of the High Court, Gauteng, Johannesburg division since January 2025
• Professor of Law | 2024| University of Pretoria
• Acting Judge in the High Court of South Africa, Gauteng, since 2022
• Extraordinary professor | 2024 – currently | North-West University
• Professor of Law | 2022 – 2023 | North-West University
• Associate Professor of Law | 2014 - 2021 | North-West University
• Alternative Dispute Resolution: Mediation | 2017 | ADRNetwork
• Senior Lecturer Law | 2010 – 2013 | University of Johannesburg
• Post-doc: South African Research Chair for Property Law | 2009 | Stellenbosch University
• LLD: Compensation for Expropriation under the Constitution | 2009 | Stellenbosch University
• Admitted as an Advocate of the High Court of South Africa | 2005
• LLB | 2004 | Stellenbosch University
• BA International Studies | 2002 | Stellenbosch University

Elmien du Plessis is a judge of the High Court in Gauteng and currently serves as an acting judge in the Land Court. She has over 20 years’ experience in the field of land law, both as an academic and through extensive engagement with legislation and policy development. Her work has focused on constitutional property law, expropriation, tenure reform, and statutory interpretation, with a particular interest in the role of law in redressing historical injustices. In her capacity as a legal academic, she has advised Parliament and contributed to key land reform processes.

Personal

• Date of birth: 4 October 1967 (Mahikeng, North West Province)

Education

• Matric (Coronationville Senior Secondary School)
• BA LLB LLM (University of the Witwatersrand)
• Postgraduate Diploma: Management Development Programme (Unisa School of Business Leadership)
• Mediation Certificate (LSSA LEAD)
• Legal Technology and Innovation Certificate (LT & I institute Dubai)
• Conveyancing practice (LSSA LEAD)
• Notarial practice (LSSA LEAD)

Professional history

• Candidate Attorney: Routledge- Modise Attorneys (1998-1999)
• Legal Advisor: South African Claims Managers (2000-2002)
• Director: De Vries Inc. (2003-2004)
• Director: TP Mabasa Inc. (2004- 2014)
• Director: Diana Mabasa Inc. (2015-2021)
• Deputy Director: Office of the Legal Services Ombud (2022-2024)
• Acting Judge: Land Court (June 2024 – December 2024)
• Acting Judge: High Court (Gauteng Division) January – February 2025 (previous acting stint April- June 2014)

Awards and publications

• 2015 LexisNexis prize for best article written by a practising attorney: Ukuthwala: Is it culturally relative? (Published in De Rebus August 2015)
• 2016 President’s Special Award: The Law Society of the Northern Provinces
• 2012 Membership of Golden Key International Honour Society
• 2012 Membership of Golden Key International Honour Society Awarded for outstanding academic achievement in the LLM Programme
• Candidate Attorney: Routledge- Modise Attorneys (1998-1999)
• 2022 Trial Advocacy, the Art of Persuasion (LexisNexis) co-authored, chapter 11

Specialised training

• Admitted Attorney (5 September 2000)
• Admitted Notary Public (9 October 2006)
• Admitted Conveyancer (19 December 2005)
• Judicial skills training for attorneys (LSSA)
• Judicial skills/ Aspirant judges training (JP Gauteng)

Leadership

• Head Prefect (matric)
• Councillor- Law Society of the Northern Provinces (2016)
• Deputy Chairperson (Western Cape) Black Lawyers Association (2019 - 2021)
• Councillor Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) ( 2019-2021)
• Member – South African Women Lawyers Association (2021)

Personal

• Date of Birth: 12 April 1984
• Gender: Male

Education

• University of Pretoria
  • 2002-2004: BA (Law) (majoring in Philosophy) cum laude
  • 2002-2005: LLB cum laude
  • 2006-2007: LLM (Critical Legal Theory) cum laude

• Columbia University
  • 2008-2009: LLM James Kent Scholar (equivalent to magna cum laude

Admissions

• Admitted as an advocate on 4 December 2011. Began practice at the Cape Bar on 1 January 2013.

Employment

• Jan 2006- Dec 2007
  • Constitutional Court of South Africa - Clerk to Justice Pius Langa, Chief Justice of South Africa

• Nov 2006 – Nov 2007
  • University of South Africa: External Marker (part time)

• Jan – Jun 2008
  • South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public, Human Rights and International Law (SAIFAC) – Junior Researcher

• Jan 2008 – Dec 2009
  • Extraordinary Lecturer, Department of Public Law (part time)

• Jun – Aug 2009
  • Ashira Legal Advisors: Junior Legal Advisor

• Sep 2009 – Jan 2012
  • Ashira Legal Advisors: Junior Legal Advisor

• Sep 2011-Jan 2012
  • Legal Resources Centre: Research Consultant

• Jan 2013-Dec-2019
  • Legal Resources Centre – Counsel

• Jan 2013-Present
  • Advocate, Cape Bar

• Oct-Dec 2023
  • Acting Judge of the High Court of South Africa, Western Cape Division

• May-Jul 2025
  • Acting Judge of the Land Court of South Africa

Associate Positions

• Jan 2006 – Dec 2008
  • Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, Research Associate

• Sep 2009 – May 2010
  • Columbia Law School, Visiting Research Fellow

• Jan 2012-Dec 2015
  • University of Cape Town, Honorary Research Associate, Department of Public Law

• January – December 2024
  • Ad hoc, pro bono Acting Judge of the High Court, Western Cape Division

• January 2025 – Present
  • Centre for Law and Society, University of Cape Town, Honorary Research Associate

Publications - Ongoing Publications

• 2006-Present
  • Managing Editor, Constitutional Law of South Africa

• 2013-Present
  • Managing Editor, Constitutional Court Review

• 2009-2025
  • Co-author, Juta’s Quarterly Review – Constitutional Law

• 2009-2025
  • Co-author of ‘Constitutional Law’ in Annual Survey of South African Law and Yearbook of South African Law

• 2023-Present
  • Editor, Brickhill et al South African Constitutional Law

Publications - Ongoing Publications

1. S Woolman & M Bishop (eds) Constitutional Conversations (2008, Pretoria University Law Press).
2. D Cornell, S Woolman, S Fuller, J Brickhill & M Bishop (eds) The Dignity Jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court of South Africa: Cases and Materials (2013, Fordham).
3. D Van Loggerenberg & P Farlam Erasmus: Superior Court Practice (Constitutional law revision) (Juta, 2012)
4. A Price & M Bishop (eds) A Transformative Justice: Essays in Honour of Chief Justice Pius Langa (2015, Juta), also published as Acta Juridica (2015)

Chapters in Books

1. The following chapters in Constitutional Law of South Africa
   1. 1. Slavery, Servitude and Forced Labour (with S Woolman) (2005
   2. 2. Public Protector (with S Woolman) (2005)
   3. 3. Freedom and Security of the Person (with S Woolman) (2006)
   4. 4. Education (with S Woolman) (2007)
   5. 5. Constitutional Litigation (with M Chaskalson & G Marcus) (2007)
   6. 6. Remedies (2008)
   7. 7. A Baedeker to Constitutional Law of South Africa (with S Woolman & T Roux) (2008)
   8. 8. Costs (2010)
   9. 9. National Legislative Authority (with N Raboshakga) (2011)
2. Remedies’ in Constitutional Law of South Africa: Student Edition (2007).
3. Law’s Autonomy’ (with S Woolman) in Constitutional Conversations (2008).
4. Transforming Memory Transforming’ in W le Roux & K van Marle (eds) Law, Memory and the Legacy of Apartheid: Ten Years after AZAPO v President of South Africa (2007, Pretoria University Law Press).
5. ‘Rationality is Dead, Long Live Rationality! Saving Rational Basis Review’ in S Woolman & D Bilchitz (eds) Is This Seat Taken? Conversations Between the Bench, Bar and Academy (2012).
6. O Ampofo-Anti & M Bishop ‘On the Limits of Cultural Accommodation’ in A Price & M Bishop A Transformative Justice: Essays in Honour of Justice Langa (2015)
7. ‘The Challenge of Afrikaans Language Education in South Africa’ in S Fredman, M Campbell and H Taylor (eds) Human Rights and Equality in Education: Comparative Perspectives on the Right to Education for Minorities and Disadvantaged Groups (2018)
8. ‘Constitutionalism’ (with J Brickhill, A Hassim and T Ngcukaitobi) in Brickhill et al South African Constitutional Law (2023, Juta)

Journal Articels

1. S Woolman & M Bishop ‘State as Pimp: Sexual Slavery in South Africa’ (2006) 23(3) Development Southern Africa 385.
2. S Woolman & M Bishop ‘Down on the Farm and Barefoot in the Kitchen: Farm Labour and Domestic Labour as Forms of Servitude’ (2007) 24(4) Development Southern Africa 595.
3. M Bishop ‘Why Must I Cry? Justification, Sacrifice, Loneliness, Madness and Laughter in South African Adjudication’ (2008) Pretoria Student Law Review 38.
4. M Bishop, S Kazee & L Chamberlain ‘Twelve-Year Review of the Work of the Constitutional Court: A Statistical Analysis’ (2008) 24 South African Journal on Human Rights (forthcoming).
5. M Bishop ‘Vampire or Prince? The Listening Constitution and Merafong Demarcation Forum v President of the Republic of South Africa & Others’ (2009) 2 Constitutional Court Review 313.
6. M Bishop ‘Rationality is Dead, Long Live Rationality! Saving Rational Basis Review’ (2010) South African Public Law 313.
7. M Bishop & J Brickhill ‘In the Beginning was the Word: The Role of the Text in Statutory Interpretation under the Constitution’ (2012) 4 South African Law Journal 681.
8. O Ampofo-Anti & M Bishop ‘On the Limits of Cultural Accommodation’ (2015) Acta Juridica.
9. M Bishop ‘Asserting Customary Law Fishing Rights in South Africa’ (2021) 47(2) Journal of Southern African Studies 291